Glenn BaeskeState Rep. Robert Bentley says he thinks Bob Riley received money from casino interests, but doesn't think the governor was guilty of wrongdoingState Rep. Robert Bentley, R-Tuscaloosa, believes Gov. Bob Riley received money from Mississippi Indian casino interests in his first run for governor, The TimesDaily reports.

Bentley made the comments while appearing on a Huntsville-based radio show, a part of his campaign for the 2010 Republican nomination for governor.

The TimesDaily's M.J. Ellington writes:

"Do I think the money actually flowed from Mississippi into the governor's
campaign? There is no doubt in my mind that it did," Bentley said after
completing the radio interview. "If you check the records from the campaign back
then, it came into Alabama. But he may not even have known that he got it."

Bentley said he was not accusing the governor of any wrongdoing.

"As long as our laws are the way they are in Alabama, it is legal, and
PAC-to-PAC contributions make it hard to track it," he said.

He pointed to congressional hearings into campaign contributions for the 2002
campaigns as a source of his opinion. People testified under oath that money
went to Alabama for the campaign, he said . . .

"The accusations all come from the same source, the people who want to legalize
gambling," (Riley spokesman Todd) Stacy said. "He never took any Indian casino money. The governor was
asked. He said it did not happen."